plaid

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Adjective
  • Summer-to-Fall Fashion Inspired by Meghan Markle No matter the time of year, Kelly Clarkson, Drew Barrymore, and countless other celebrities are wearing striped button-down shirts.
    Nicol Natale, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Bass can be any species called bass such as largemouth bass, striped bass or white bass.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Demos wore a checkered suit, while Shahi donned a slinky metallic dress with a thigh-high slit and off-the-shoulder detailing.
    Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The digital collection features a checkered suit, pixel leopard hoodie and video game pants — free of charge for fitting, sharing and saving to digital wardrobes within the ZERO10 app.
    Stephanie Hirschmiller, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
Adjective
  • While a Daiquiri is snappy, the Daisy de Santiago is garish.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 11 July 2025
  • Here, as elsewhere, the president is taking an existing elite failing to its garish extreme.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • The panel depicts two moments in the life of St. Denis—his final communion in prison and his martyrdom by beheading—unfolding underneath a gaudy crucifixion beaming with seraphim.
    Jon Raymond August 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Much of the drama of the long regular season was figuring out how Towns would fit next to Brunson as the statement diamond in a seemingly gaudy ring whose outer setting included the accents Josh Hart, O. G. Anunoby, and—another newcomer—Mikal Bridges.
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
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“Plaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plaid. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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